On October 7, the Knicks began their preseason game, defeating the Chicago Bulls 89-77 in their first game. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Bulls without Pippen are not a top team, Jordan was surrounded and suppressed, shooting less than 40% from the field, and only scored 19 points in the game, giving the team a bad start to the new season.

At this time, not only manager Jerry Kraus, but also Bulls fans began to hate Pippen.

Pippen's contract is indeed too small now, but when he signed it for 7 years and 20 million, Jordan's contract was only 7 years and 25 million.

Because it was rumored that the broadcast rights would be sold to the outside world and the players' salaries would rise, Jordan and the manager both persuaded Pippen to sign a short-term contract, but Pippen didn't believe it and couldn't stop it, because he was afraid that he would be injured and his future would not be guaranteed.

It's a pity that the NBA is not like football, and Pippen is upset when he left without paying liquidated damages. No matter how unhappy he is, he shouldn't threaten the team with delayed treatment of injuries, and if the Bulls can't win the championship in the end, he's a sinner.

Yang Rui felt that the Knicks were also playing badly, with little cooperation on the offensive end, opening up heads-up, plus no fast break, and not as flexible as in the summer league.

Van Gundy is eager to do all the work by himself, and he is a good leader for the people who mess around. But he called a timeout to arrange defense, shrinking, packing, and transposing, and didn't care about offense at all.

In the future, Van Gundy can take the starting lineup of Sula, Wesley, Maddy, Huo Ershu, and Yao Ming to play the top three defenses in the league, and he is really good at arranging the defensive system.

Thibodeau held a notebook on the sidelines, recording tactics like a good student and studying carefully. For Yang Rui, who likes to attack, the game is torment.

It was only 1997, and Van Gundy was already a defensive paranoid, and Yang Rui had been thinking about how to correct his path. This style of play does not show Yang Rui's ability, and Ewing may be used in the middle of the season.

After thinking about it, Yang Rui decided to watch more and do less for the time being, listen more and talk less, let Van Gundy stubbornly finish the preseason, and then find fault with him, lure him to benefit, move him with affection, understand it with reason, guide him with action, and finally bring him to justice. (What the hell do you want to do?) ）

Van Gundy has always disappointed fans, so he did not disappoint Yang Rui.

The opportunity soon arose, as the Knicks lost two games in a row to the Nets, players played the Van Gundy way, and the offense was a mess.

Chris Gatlin and Jason Williams were excellent defensively, keeping Knicks players from playing inside.

Point guard Sam Cassel has blown up Charlie Ward, Chris Childs.

Van Horn also played well at the Nets' home court, scoring 26 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and shooting 4-of-6 from three-point range.

After the second match between the two sides, the coaches greeted each other, and the head coach of the Nets, John Calipari, took the opportunity to mock Yang Rui.

When Yang Rui went to the tennis team to try his luck, the two had an unpleasant friction, and Calipari had forgotten about it, anyway, the status disparity was huge, and it was difficult to meet again. As a result, in the summer, he saw the news that Yang Rui became an assistant coach of the Knicks, and he also led the summer league team to win the championship.

He was suddenly a little unhappy, the Knicks signed Yang Rui, who was actually the first assistant coach, as if he didn't know people.

He is not a broad-minded person, he can't swallow this breath, and finally made up his mind to make trouble with Yang Rui.

"Mr. Van Gundy, I don't know what you think, you are already young enough, but you are looking for this kind of person who is younger than the player to be an assistant coach, only getting a salary and not working, how can the Knicks play well?"

Calipari deliberately glanced at Yang Rui with contempt, and finished provoking.

He said in his heart: Come on, fight back against me, let Van Gundy know how arrogant and unqualified you are, and see how you mix up in management in the future?

If Yang Rui doesn't fight back, Van Gundy won't defend himself, just like acquiescing that Yang Rui is incapable, and he will also lose face. Once the seeds of "doubt" are planted, if Yang Rui does not have some real materials, he will be easily eliminated by the coaching staff.

Calipari still doesn't believe that Yang Rui has the ability because he is too young.

Van Gundy was in a bad mood after losing in a row, and just wanted to speak, Yang Rui grabbed in front of him, his face ...... No anger at all.

Yang Rui first looked at Van Gundy suspiciously, then at Calipari, blinked, and his expression was ignorant: "This old man, although I don't know what you and Jeff have to do, you shouldn't say this kind of sarcastic thing, right?" Yes, we're both young, but how can you say we don't work? You say it's okay with me, but Jeff, he's the earliest to come and the last to leave in the team every day, how can you talk nonsense? ”

Van Gundy's face became even more ugly, and he said coldly: "Mr. Calipari, this is a matter for the Knicks, you can't take care of it." Don't think that winning two preseason games will make the Nets beat the Knicks, and don't forget that you were only the bottom team last season, see you in the regular season. ”

Calipari was stunned, a little unable to react, this script is wrong, right?

Yang Rui said "old man" and said that he was stunned, although he had gray temples and many tattoos on his head, but that was just showing his age, he was only three years older than Van Gundy!

Yang Rui's words made him even more dumbfounded, obviously causing trouble, pretending not to know him, as if he had come to target Van Gundy today.

It's just that he can't explain it, and when he explains it, he bullies children, is cautious, and looks more SB. Except for him and the manager of the Nets, no one knows that Yang Rui went to the Nets to find a job.

Van Gundy huffed and walked to the tunnel without looking back.

Yang Rui suddenly imitated Michael Jackson, spun in a circle, raised his arms and swung his arms, gently pointed at Calypari with Jackson's signature movements, walked a few steps back smoothly with his space step, smiled at Calypari, waved his hand as if saying goodbye, and made another chic circle, striding into the player's tunnel.

Karipari was stunned, and he didn't breathe for a minute.

This man, it's so bad!

The players are gone, and Yang Rui only dared to play like this at the end. If people see it, it will be a bit disrespectful to the predecessors. The 1997 preseason was not broadcast live, not even on local stations, who would know?

After two days of rest, the Knicks lost to the Heat and suffered three consecutive defeats, Ewing was still looking for a touch, and was killed by Mourning one-on-one, shooting 4 of 16, without any temper at all.

Houston performed well, but took too few shots, shooting 7-of-9, 1-of-2 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with just 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The Knicks defeated the underdog Rockets 85-81 to end the losing streak, but more fans expressed their dissatisfaction with them, and the offense was too ugly, and it was all positional warfare.

After that, the Knicks lost to the Suns and Lakers by a big score, Ewing and Houston reduced their playing time, Van Gundy looked at the veterans in the team, and the Knicks would not play.

It's amazing that Van Gundy is really a veteran, and he has played Buck Williams, Chris Dudley, Bowe and others for a long time, and the effect is terrible.

The league's second-highest-paid team has a record of only 2 wins and 5 losses in the preseason.

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